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The 130th Annual Meeting of APHA |
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The 130th Annual Meeting of APHA |
Renée I Boothroyd, MPH, CHES, Valorie Carson, Stephen B. Fawcett, PhD, Jerry A Schultz, PhD, Vincent Francisco, PhD, and Roderick Bremby. Work Group on Health Promotion and Community Development, University of Kansas, 1000 Sunnyside Avenue, 4082 Dole Human Development Center, Lawrence, KS 66045, 785-864-0533, rbooth@ku.edu
Participatory evaluation is the process by which those doing the work contribute to understanding and improving it. In the context of community initiatives, participatory evaluation often involves local people and outside researchers sharing responsibility for gathering data and interpreting its meaning. Drawn from partnership work with communities and the KU Work Group on Health Promotion and Community Development, we will outline a six-component framework for participatory evaluation: a) Naming and framing the problem/goal to be addressed, b) Developing a logic model (or theory of practice) for how to achieve success, c) Identifying research questions and appropriate methods, d) Documenting the intervention and its effects, e) Making sense of the data, and f) Using the information to celebrate and make adjustments. Using examples from current community initiatives (e.g. teen pregnancy prevention and health disparities associated with race and ethnicity), we will explore the use of this framework and associated orienting questions (e.g., what are we seeing?), core activities (e.g., characterizing the data), personalized technical assistance, and Internet-based supports. Together, these tools serve to build capacity for shared data gathering, interpretation, adjustments, and learning. This framework for participatory evaluation illustrates efforts to use data for understanding and making improvements, creating conditions for lasting change, and building bridges of relationship and responsibility for sustainable improvements.
Learning Objectives: Participants in this session will be able to
Keywords: Community Capacity, Evaluation
Related Web page: ctb.ku.edu
Presenting author's disclosure statement:
I do not have any significant financial interest/arrangement or affiliation with any organization/institution whose products or services are being discussed in this session.